Time-controlled phonograph



3. KANAKARIS.

TIME cammouen PHGNOGRAFH.

'APPLICA'HON FILED NOV- 20, I920 Patented June 14, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET J. KANAKARIIS;

.TlME CONTROLLED'PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.20, 1920.

1,381 ,644;. Patented June 14, 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- f1 5' 5- UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES KANAKARIS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

': TIME-CONTROLLED PHONOGRAPH.

Specification of Letters'latent. Patented June 14, 1921 Applicationfiled November 20, 1920. Serial No. 425,322.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES KANAKARIS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State vof Ohio, havemade an invention appertaining to Time-Controlled Phonographs; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theacgraph controlling lever.

companying drawings,-and to the characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a means for causing aphonograph to operate at any desired time. It particularly has for itsobject to provide a means that may be used in place of thenoisy bell ofan alarm clock and so that the user of the device, instead of beingawakened by the noise of an alarm clock may be called by the playing ofmusic producible by the phonograph. The instrument moreovermay be usedin connection with a time controlled mechanismflfor starting aphonograph from time to time as may be desired to give the pleasureincident to the unexpected production of music after expiration ofparticular, lengthy, intervals of time. i

The invention may be contained in structures of different forms. .Toillustrate a practical application of the invention, I have shown astructure interconnecting the alarm mechanism of a clock with aphonograph. The structure selected for purposes of illustration is shownin the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 of the drawings, is a rear end view ofthe horn of thephonograph which is usually located in the interior of the phonographcasing and the mechanism interconnecting the alarm' clock and the phono-Fig.,2 is a side broken view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.' Fig.3 is a top broken view of the phono graph showing the disk, table, andthe con trolling lever. Fig. lis a front viewof the phonograph hornlocated in the front of the phonograph showing the front view of theclock used to control the phonograph. Fig. 5 is a view of part of themechanism which coacts with the alarm spring of the clock mechanism tocause it to operate the lever. Fig. 7 is a view showing the stop meansand looking at the mechanism in an opposite direction from Fig. 5. i

1 in the figures, isthe horn which is made in the usual form and islocated in the phonograph 'box or casing. It communicates at one end 2with a phonograph or sound reproducing mechanism in the manner wellknown in the. art. The other end 3 is located at the front of the casingand is open. The horn 1 flares toward the open end 3 to magnify thesound producedby the reproducing mechanism of the phonograph.

4; is the clock which is supported in the frame 5 consisting of aplurality of crossbars which are secured in frontof the open end of thehorn. It may be secured to the casing of the phonograph or it may besecured t0 the front edge of the horn by suitable means. The windingarbor of the alarm mechanism is connected by a rod 6 to a beveled gear 7supported in a bearing 8 that is located on a pivoted frame 9. The rod 6protrudes from the horn and extends through an upright portion of theplate 15 that is secured to the horn. The rod is prolocated in a certainposition. A spring 13 is connected to the shaft 12 and to the frame v9.When, therefore, the gear wheels? and 11 are in mesh and, the key 10 isrotated, the spring of the alarm clock will not only be wound up butalso the spring 13. The two springs thus coact to cause rotation of theshaft 12 when the operation is permitted by the tripping mechanism ofthe alarm clock.

The frame 9 is pivotally supported between ears 14 secured tothe plate15 that extends laterally from the sides of the rear portion of thehorn 1. A spring 16 is connected to the horn and to the frame 9 whichoperates to pull the frame 9 toward the horn 1 and so as to cause thegearwheel to mesh with the gear wheel 7 The frame 9 is rovided with alaterally extending ear 1( in which is located a block 18 that iseccentrically mounted on the rod 19. The rod 19 is rotatably supported.on the late 15 and 1 it to the rear end of its stroke.

the side of the rear portion of the horn 1 by the step 20 and thebracket 21. The rod 19 is provided with a square end 22 whereby the key10 may be connected to the rod 19 and cause rotation thereof. Rotationof the rod 19 will rot-ate the block 18 and swing the frame 9 away fromthe horn against the tension of the spring 16 and so as to disconnectthe gear wheels 7 and 11. By this arrangement the alarm spring may bewound to any desired tension and then the spring 13 may be wound uponfurther rotation of the rod 6 by the operation of the key 10.

The shaft 12 is also connected to a disk 23 which operates a slidingframe 24 to which the disk is connected by means of the link 25. Theframe 24 is formed of these connecting tubes or sleeves 25 located onthe rods 26 that are secured in position between the uprights 27 thatare secured to the plate 15. A rod 28 is secured to the sliding frame24. The rod 28 projects upward and so as to press against the end of therod 29 which is connected to a pair of sleeves located on a pair of rods31 that are supported in brack ets 32. The brackets 32 are secured tothe top of the case 33 and the rod 29 extends through an opening 34formed in the top of the case and so as to actuate the release lever 35commonly used on phonographs to release the table and permit rotation ofthe table and of the disk that may be placed on the table to reproducethe music impressed or formed phonographically in the disk.

A spring 36 is connected to the rod 29 and to a bracket 37 to causereturn movement of the rod 29 and as far as possible to keep the rod incontact with the rod 28. The rod 28 me be provided with a portion 38which extendi; at right angles to the body portion of the rod so thatcontact between the two fo ds may be assured, since the portion 38 willalso extend at right angles to the rod 29.

In order that the disk 23 may be turned to a point such as to place theframe 24 at the rear end of its stroke to permit withdrawal of the rod29 from the lever 35, a stop 42 is secured to the frame 9 and a pin 41is connected to a disk 43 located on the shaft 12. The alarm spring ofthe clock 4 may thus be wound to near completion and then the frame 9may be swung so as to cause the gear wheel 11 to mesh with the gearwheel 7 and upon further operation of the rod. 6 the spring 13 will notonly be wound, but also the rod 28 will be shifted forward andrearwardly to permit the rod 29 to be withdrawn and thetable to belocked by the lever 35. The shaft 12 will be rotated nearly 360 anduntil the pin 41 leaves the stop 42 on one side and comes in contactwith-the stop on the other side. This will push the frame 24 forward andrearward and bring When therefore, the rod 6 is released by the timecentrolled releasing mechanism of the clock, the spring of the alarmclock will coact with the spring 13 to move the frame 25 rearward tocause the operation of the release lever 35 and to draw it forward. Thismaintains the rod 29 in its rearwardmost position and I consequently outof the way of the lever so that the release lever 35 may be operated atany time notwithstanding the fact that the phonograph is provided with ameans for also operating the lever by a time controlled mechanism.

The frame 5 extending across the front of the horn may be provided witha door 45 to make the back accessible for setting the clock either as totime or as to starting the phonograph. The cross-bars of the door arearranged in the same manner that the crossbars of the frame arearranged. It has a side rod 48 that fits into short tubes 46 that aresecured to the frame 5. The door is held closed by the operation of thespring 47.

I claim 1. In combination with a phonograph having a release lever andan alarm clock having a time controlled mechanism for releasing thealarm, a spring,a shaft for supporting the spring and connected to aturn table, mechanism interconnecting the spring and the alarm mechanismof the clock for releasing the spring upon the operation of the timecontrolled mechanism, and a slidable frame operated by the spring andinterconnecting the spring and the lever of the turn table.

2. In combination with a phonograph having a release lever and an alarmclock having a time controlled mechanism for releasing the alarm, aframe, a shaft located in the V V a stop connected to the shaft,mechanism interconnecting the shaft and the release lever of thephonograph and operated by the spring between the limitations of thestop.

3. In combination with a phonograph having a release lever and an alarmclock having a time controlled mechanism for releasing the alarm, a rodconnected to the alarm mechanism of a clock for winding the alarm springof the clock, a gear wheel connected to the rod, a gear wheel meshingwith the first named gear wheel, a pivoted frame, a shaft for supportingthe second named gear wheel and located in the frame, a spring connectedto the shaft, a stop connected to the shaft for limiting the rotation ofthe shaft to substantially 360, means interconnecting the shaft and therelease lever of the phonograph for moving the lever to release thephonograph and to withdraw the said means from the lever.

4. In combination with a phonograph having a release lever and an alarmclock having a time controlled mechanism for releas ing the alarm, a rodconnected to the alarm frame, a spring connected to the shaft,

mechanism of a clock for winding the alarm shaft to substantially 360,slidable means spring of the clock, a gear Wheel connectedinterconnecting the shaft and the release le 10 to the rod, a gear Wheelmeshing with the ver of the phonograph for moving the lever first namedgear Wheel, a pivoted frame, a to release the phonograph andto-Withdravv shaft for supporting the second named gear the saidslidable means from the level.

wheel and located in the frame, a spring In testimony whereof I havehereunto connected to the shaft, a stop connected to signed my name tothis s ecification.

the shaft for limiting the rotation of the JAMES IEANAKARIS.

